Australia Women opt to bat against India in series deciding 3rd ODI

New Delhi, Sep 20 (PTI) Australia captain Alyssa Healy won the toss and opted to bat against India in the series-deciding third and final Women's ODI, here on Saturday.

The series is tied 1-1 after Australia won the first ODI by eight wickets and India recorded a historic 102-run victory in the second in Mullanpur.

While India, who have never won an ODI series against Australia, retained their playing XI, the visitors made a couple of changes, bringing in Kim Garth and Grace Harris in place of Darcie Brown and Annabel Sutherland.

Teams: India: Smriti Mandhana, Pratika Rawal, Harleen Deol, Harmanpreet Kaur (c), Deepti Sharma, Richa Ghosh (wk), Radha Yadav, Arundhati Reddy, Sneh Rana, Kranti Goud, and Renuka Singh.

Australia: Alyssa Healy (c&wk), Georgia Voll, Ellyse Perry, Beth Mooney, Grace Harris, Ashleigh Gardner, Tahlia McGrath, Georgia Wareham, Alana King, Kim Garth, and Megan Schutt. PTI DDV AT AT